Ok... Installed Ubuntu 9.10 (i.e. with Gnome) on a 5GB partition I had. No freeze so far.
Also did a few tests on Windows XP and no freezes. Is it possible that this problem is caused by KDE? Another thing I noticed was this bug message in dmesg: ===== [ 11.096177] EDAC amd64: This node reports that Memory ECC is currently disabled. [ 11.096181] EDAC amd64: bit 0x400000 in register F3x44 of the MISC_CONTROL device (0000:00:18.3) should be enabled [ 11.096183] EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by the BIOS. Module will NOT be loaded. [ 11.096185] Either Enable ECC in the BIOS, or use the 'ecc_enable_override' parameter. [ 11.096186] Might be a BIOS bug, if BIOS says ECC is enabled [ 11.096187] Use of the override can cause unknown side effects. [ 11.096212] amd64_edac: probe of 0000:00:18.2 failed with error -22 ===== Could it have anything to do with my problem? I even got this message while running the Ubuntu 9.10 Live-CD! I found no ECC (error-correcting code?) setting in the BIOS. Related bug reports: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/471814 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/422536 Note: It turns out the Ubuntu kernel comes with soft-lockup detection enabled, so recompiling is unnecessary. At least "make menuconfig" showed it as enabled in the source gotten through apt-get. Still, if recompiling with certain changes or settings is necessary, I'm willing to do it. I just have absolutely no idea what to change or test right now. ** Attachment added: "dmesg output after freeze and reboot" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42407416/dmesg.log -- kernel lockup when plugging in USB stick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/514485 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
